Birla Science Museum

Birla Science Museum
Established 1985
Location Hyderabad, India
Website Birla Science Centre

B. M. Birla Science Museum is an Indian science museum located in Hyderabad, India. Constructed by civil engineer Mr. P. A. Singaravelu, it comprises a planetarium, museum, science center, art gallery as well as a dinosaurium.[1] The museum itself was the second phase of the science center when it opened in 1990.[2]

Planetarium

The Birla Planetarium is a wing of the Science Center. The planetarium was inaugurated by Mr. N.T. Rama Rao, on 8 September 1985 and is one of three Birla Planetariums in India. The others are the M.P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata and B.M. Birla Planetarium in Chennai.

Dinosaurium

The Dinosaurium is the newest addition to the planetarium and science center and opened in 2000.[3] Its exhibits include a 160-million-year-old mounted Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis,[4] excavated at Adilabad district in Telangana and presented to the Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India. The Dinosaurium also has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks.The Dinosaurium was the next phase of the Centre. A unique Natural History Gallery, the Dinosaurium was dedicated to the nation in July 2000. It is a truly breathtaking facility which displays a rare and magnificent fossil of the Dinosaur, Kotasaurus, belonging to the Lower Jurassic age, going back to about 160 million years.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Let's Go India and Nepal, 8th Ed. 2003. p. 113. ISBN 0-312-32006-X.
  2. ↑ "Science Museum". Science Museum.
  3. ↑ "Dinosaurium". Dinosaurium.
  4. ↑ "Competition Science Vision". October 2000. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

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Coordinates: 17°24′12.05″N 78°28′14.33″E / 17.4033472°N 78.4706472°E / 17.4033472; 78.4706472


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